Meet two of the first catastrophic spinal cord injury patients in the world able to take steps on their own following epidural stimulation and rehab. Researchers at the University of Louisville are making... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 1 year 5 months ago • 14 views • 3:01

YouTube: It’s clearly, provably better for patients to have Medicaid coverage than to be uninsured, despite what critics of the program claim. Recently, bills in the Senate and the House of Representatives... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 2 years 4 months 1 week ago • 490 views • 7:51

Uhoh YouTube: Prescription drugs are pretty awesome. They improve lives all the time. But it is possible to take too many. Over time, as patients are prescribed more an more ongoing medications, it's... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 2 years 8 months ago • 78 views • 6:59

YouTube: You probably know where to pump the cheapest gas and how to get price comparisons online in seconds for headphones and cars. But how would you find the best deal on an M.R.I. or a knee replacement?... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 2 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 80 views • 6:09

Doctors in Brazil are using the fish skin to treat burn patients. The treatment, which is part of a clinical trial, is said to reduce healing time by several days.

posted by Mordhaus 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 498 views • 3:34

The stream of consciousness refers to the passage of many thousands of images and ideas through our minds every day, very few of which we manage to arrest and examine in any detail. Accurate self-knowledge... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 109 views • 7:54

YouTube: Three times in the last two weeks, people — a patient, a colleague and my wife — told me stories about how out of control the price of EpiPens were. Monday, my New York Times colleagues recounted... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 719 views • 7:02

From YT: Congrats to Bruce, our latest recruit to pass his Initiation Test into the Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy. We decided to share this part of his Initiation Test to encourage... continue reading

posted by iaui 3 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 693 views • 5:26

YouTube description: Making some shelves to fit in a closet we use as a pantry http://woodgears.ca/kitchen/pantry_shelves.html The wood breaking and smashing - not the sort of thing I would normally... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,054 views • 6:06

YouTube: Opioid Abuse - Opioid drugs can be powerfully effective treatments for those in pain, but they can also be extremely dangerous. This episode explores how opioids can lead to dependence and addiction,... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 3 years 9 months 1 week ago • 143 views • 6:10

The fascinating video above tells the story of MIT Professor Ioannis Yannas, who was recently inducted into the National Inventor’s Hall of Fame alongside such luminaries as the Wright brothers and Steve... continue reading

posted by enoch 4 years 1 month ago • 1,829 views • 16:57

YouTube: Guns are one of those topics that really divide Americans. It’s hard to have a calm, evidence-based discussion. But one area where we really need to be able to do that is in the pediatrician’s... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 4 years 10 months 1 week ago • 95 views • 5:33

Via Open Culture: Not long ago we posted the only known recording of Sigmund Freud’s voice. Today we present rare home movies of the founder of modern psychology, captured during the last decade of his life. ... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 6 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 125 views • 2:03

(youtube) Our presenter demonstrates the falsehood of Hollywood sound effects foley artists, with regard to the verisimilitude of sword-drawing noise, with a joke at the end for those patient enough to... continue reading

posted by pumkinandstorm 6 years 8 months ago • 14,959 views • 3:43

Neuropsychologist Brian Butterworth describes patients who have lost their capacity to use words, but not numbers; or numbers but not words, always with the interesting twist that numbers spelled out,... continue reading

posted by messenger 7 years 4 weeks ago • 1,178 views • 6:43